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Subject(s)

• Jesus Christ [Browse]
• Jesus Christ—Sources [Browse]
• Jesus Christ—Historicity [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Summary note

Presenting a cogent and balanced view of Jesus as a person, a theologian examines different interpretations of Jesus's aims and teachings, discussing the disciples' role in Christianity's success.

Notes

Originally published: London ; New York : Penguin Press, 1993.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-[314]) and indexes.

Contents

• An outline of Jesus' life
• Political setting
• Judaism as a religion
• External sources
• The problems of the primary sources
• Two contexts
• The setting and method of Jesus' ministry
• The beginning of Jesus' ministry
• Miracles
• The coming of the kingdom
• The kingdom : Israel, Gentiles and individuals
• The kingdom : reversal of values and ethical perfectionism
• Contention and opposition in Galilee
• Jesus' view of his role in God's plan
• Jesus' last week
• Epilogue : the resurrection.

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ISBN

• 0140144994 ((pbk.))
• 9780140144994 ((pbk.))

LCCN

95022877

OCLC

32858459

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